General Electric Company

Omar Haidar

Ronald Scott Tarr

Matthew William Davis

Eric Kent Watson

Joseph Thomas Waugh

Alexander Pinkus Rafalovich

Martin Mitchell Zentner

Alvaro Delgado

Kenneth U Nsofor

John Kenneth Hooker

Bagawathkumar Chellappan

Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi

Krzysztof Struminski

Anand Ganesh Joshi

Toby Whitaker

Stephen Michael Bischoff

Michael Paul McGonagle

Kresimir Odorcic

Scott Alan Horning

Michael Lee McIntyre

Debra Miozza

James Bryan Rawson

Solomon Muthumani

Jonathan Michael Cepress

Venkata Ramakrishna Ramayanam

Venkataramana Rachakonda

Robert Cissell

Arian Johannes Hegeman

Mukta Marwah

Tarr Ronald Scott,

A secondary loop temperature control circuit for a temperature-controlled region in a compartment of a refrigerator is shown. The secondary loop temperature control circuit has a reservoir, configured to have a medium flow there through. A first heat exchanger is in flow communication with the reservoir and is configured to have the medium flow there through. The first heat exchanger is in thermal communication with the temperature-controlled region.

Temperature controlled compartment and method for a refrigerator

A consumer appliance, such as a refrigerator, is provided with a compartment with a basket assembly, which may be configured on a pull-out drawer so as to move into and out of the compartment with the pull-out drawer. The basket assembly includes a first basket component and a second basket component releasably engaged with the first basket component along mating edges of the respective basket components, wherein in an engaged state, the first and second basket components define a singular continuous wall basket. At least one of the first or second basket components is releasable and removable from the pull-out drawer.

Multi-piece basket assembly for a consumer appliance

An ice making apparatus for a refrigerator is disclosed. The apparatus includes an ice making compartment; an icemaker disposed in the ice making compartment and including an ice mold body, the ice mold body defining therein a plurality of ice cavities for containing water therein for freezing into ice cubes, and a channel for transport of a working medium, the channel having an outlet; and a temperature sensor disposed in the ice making compartment and adjacent the outlet.

Ice making and water delivery apparatus

A method for cooling an icemaker is disclosed. The icemaker includes an ice mold body having a channel for transport of coolant and a plurality of ice cavities. The method includes the steps of injecting a coolant into the channel, adding water to the ice cavities, forming ice cubes in the ice cavities, removing coolant from the channel, heating the ice mold body, and ejecting the ice cubes from the ice mold body. The removal step is performed by reversing direction of a coolant pump.

Method and apparatus for coolant control within refrigerators

A method of controlling temperature for forming ice within an icemaker compartment of a refrigerator is disclosed. The method includes the steps of activating at least one of the compressor and the coolant pump during an icemaking cycle to provide cooling to the icemaker compartment sufficient to make ice at a first rate, and increasing operation of at least one of the compressor and the coolant pump to provide cooling to the icemaker compartment sufficient to make ice at a second rate, which is faster than the first rate. A related refrigerator is also disclosed.

Method and apparatus for controlling temperature for forming ice within an icemaker compartment of a refrigerator

An icemaker having a mold comprising at least one cavity and a cooling system. The cooling system has a first heat exchanger configured to have a medium flow there through. The first heat exchanger is in thermal communication with the mold to reduce the temperature of the mold below a predetermined temperature.

Icemaker for a refrigerator

A method and apparatus for circulating air within an icemaker compartment of a refrigerator are disclosed. The method includes the steps of activating the icemaker, filling the ice cavities with water, and activating the fan after a predetermined time after the ice cavities are filled with water. The apparatus includes a food storage compartment, an access door operable to selectively close the food storage compartment, an icemaker compartment on the access door, an icemaker disposed in the icemaker compartment, the icemaker including an ice mold body defining a plurality of ice cavities, an ice storage bin disposed in the icemaker compartment, a fan for distributing cold air within the icemaker compartment, at least one heating element attached to the ice mold body, a coolant pump, and a controller for regulating the fan and the coolant pump.

Method and apparatus for circulating air within an icemaker compartment of a refrigerator

A refrigerator including a refrigerator compartment, a refrigerator door coupled to the refrigerator compartment, the refrigerator door has an inner surface. The refrigerator further includes a bin for storing items therein mounted to the inner surface of the refrigerator door and at least one thermoelectric module operationally coupled to the bin, such that the bin is temperature controlled independent of the refrigerator compartment.

Methods and apparatus for controlling refrigerators

A self-cleaning oven includes an oven cavity, a gas sensor in flow communication with the oven cavity, and a controller configured to select one of a plurality of self-clean cycle times based upon a peak value of sampled signals of the gas sensor.

Carbon monoxide sensed oven cleaning apparatus and method

In one aspect, a dishwasher comprising a control mechanism coupled to a sensor for generating an output representative of an amount of soil in the dishwasher water is described. The dishwasher comprises a tub, at least one filter for filtering water in the tub, and a fluid circulation assembly for circulating water in the tub. The control mechanism is configured to determine whether corrective action is needed to unclog the filter based on a signal output by the sensor.

Dishwasher including a turbidity sensor

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

Omar Haidar